223 - DUGOUR, Antoine Jeudy.

DUGOUR, Antoine Jeudy. A Collection of the Best Works Published in Defense of Louis XVI, King of the French. Paris: A.J. Dufour, Year V (1796). 2 volumes, in-8. Contemporary fawn-colored speckled sheepskin, smooth spine with decorative embellishments, gilded panels, gilded initials and title, red edges, whirl-pattern endpapers, gilded fillet on the edges, cold-stamped fillet framing the covers (some scuffing on the covers, a few scattered foxing spots, but a fine copy that has remained fresh) Complete with both frontispieces: the portrait of Louis XVI and an engraving depicting Louis XVI at the scaffold. Filled with handwritten notes from the period on loose sheets (biographical notes, clarifications, etc.). An anthology edited by Antoine Jeudy Dugour (1766–1840), a former professor at La Flèche. Volume 1 brings together the texts and memoirs arguing in favor of Louis XVI during his trial; Volume 2 contains supplementary texts and historical anecdotes about the king.